When I was born my mother diedShe said bye-bye baby, bye-byeI said "Where you goin'?""I'm just born"She said I'll only be gone for a whileMy mother loved to leave in styleAnd that's why God made the movies

So I laid around in my swaddling clothesUntil the doctor came and turned out the lightThen I packed my bagAnd my nametagAnd stole away into the nightHopeing things would work out alrightThat's why God made the movies

Say you will, say you willSay you'll take me to your loving breastSay you'll nourish me with your tendernessThe way the ladies sometimes do

Say you won't, say you won'tSay you won't leave me for no other manSay you'll love me for the way I amSay you will, say you will

When I was born my mother diedShe said bye-bye baby, bye-byeAnd since that dayI've made my way

The notorious boy of the wildAdopted by wolves when he was a childThat's why God, That's why God,That's why God made the movies